CSX Transportation, the
State of New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey joined
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) to celebrate the opening of the Liberty
Corridor Freightway, a major public-private partnership that provides expanded
access to the Port of New York and New Jersey.

New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie accepted the recommendation of the ARC Project Executive Committee to
terminate the ARC Project based on a 30-day review, which confirmed the project
is expected to substantially exceed its current budget. Based on calculations
by the Federal Transit Administration and the New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit),
the final budget is expected to top $11 billion and could exceed as much as $14
billion, compared to the project's current budget of $8.7 billion.

The raising of a railroad
bridge on Route 148 won't prevent emergency vehicles or school buses from
crossing, but the road will be cut to one lane during the project and will
close to all but buses and emergency vehicles for about a week, state officials
said last night, the Worcester, Mass., Telegram & Gazette reports.

Some railroad
representatives have suggested that Amtrak reroute a portion of its Los Angeles
to Chicago line through Amarillo, Clovis, N.M., and Wichita, Kan., but
officials with the passenger rail service believe the route's current course is
fine, local media report. Amtrak's Southwest Chief route has experienced delays
because BNSF, which owns some of the lines Amtrak travels on, has imposed a
lower speed limit on 180 miles of tracks running mostly through southern
Kansas.

Railroad crossing
closings are scheduled for Gurnee and Grayslake, Ill., this month, the
Grayslake Review reports. Beginning at 6 a.m. Oct. 11, Route 173 will be fully
closed at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing one mile east of Route 41 in
Wadsworth until approximately 4 p.m. Oct. 15. The closure will allow Canadian
Pacific to remove and replace the railroad-crossing grade.

The Greater Cleveland
Regional Transit Authority scheduled repairs for October 9 and 10 at the East
79th Street Station of the Red Line. The station will be closed
Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to perform
maintenance on the stairways.

Los Angeles Metro will
hold four community meetings beginning October 20 to update the public on the
South Bay Metro Green Line Extension project. The purpose of these meetings is
to seek public comments and input as the environmental process continues for
extending rail service farther into the South Bay to improve mobility in
southwest Los Angeles County.

Worldwide industrial
services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation debuted its new
logistics super center business concept for the Harsco Infrastructure -
Americas region with the launch of its first prototype center in Las Vegas to serve
the southwestern United States.

In his first several months
as New Jersey's governor, Chris Christie made it clear that he intended to cut
the state's budget in ways that might surprise and upset some residents. But
one big project - a train tunnel to Manhattan projected to cost $8.7 billion -
appeared safe, according to The New York Times